Wentworth v. Town of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1915, Caledonia County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHasblton, J.
On Sunday, October 11, 1915, in the early evening, the plaintiff, his wife and a young woman, and one Gibson, ■ were riding in an automobile. Gibson was the driver. At á culvert in the town of Waterbury the automobile went over and down an embankment, and the plaintiff was injured. Suit was brought against the town on the ground that the culvert was insufficient and that the accident was due to such insufficiency.
Trial by jury was had with the result that verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and of all the…
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